Friends of Marys Hands
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861812896
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5102389010
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,822
- Expenses
- $36,998
- Assets
- $192,888
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Veronica Raymonda (President)
People named in this filing
- Veronica Raymonda (President)
- Terry Miller (Secretary)
- Patty Hoyt (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
With Marys hands to guide us, we connect the hearts of those touched by their pilgrimage to Medjugorje with the residents of Bosnia and Hercegovina, seeking ways to bring not only water, food, housing, healthcare and electricity to those most in need, but also bringing hope and love to the forgotten ones.
What it reported doing in 2024
Overall Support for Local Residents in Need: Friends of Mary's Hands was established in December 2020 to support Marijine Ruke (Mary's Hands), a charitable organization founded in Medjugorje in 2016 by Jakov Colo. The organization's purpose is to assist disadvantaged individuals and families in the Medjugorje region and beyond by providing essential goods and support services. During the tax year, Friends of Mary's Hands directed all donations to support Marijine Ruke's charitable programs. These funds enabled the distribution of approximately 500 packages of food, clothing, and shoes each month to families in need. Donations also supported initiatives that help residents plant vegetable gardens for food sustainability, pay utility bills, purchase medications for individuals with no income, and provide temporary and permanent housing for families in crisis. Additionally, during the winter months, the organization supplied firewood for home heating.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.7%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.21; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -74.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -69.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.7% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.